The Russian Air Force (Военно-воздушные cилы России, transliteration: Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii) is the air force of Russia. With 3282 aircraft, it is the second largest Air Force in the world. It is currently under the command of Colonel General Aleksandr Zelin. The Russian Navy has its own air arm, the Russian Naval Aviation, which is the former Soviet Aviatsiya Voyenno Morskogo Flota ("Naval Aviation"), or AV-MF).

The Air Force was formed from parts of the former Soviet Air Forces after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991-92. Boris Yeltsin's creation of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation on May 7, 1992, can be taken as a convenient formation date for the new Air Force. Since that time, the Air Force has suffered severe setbacks due to lack of resources, and has constantly shrunk in size. Since Vladimir Putin became President of the Russian Federation however, much more money has been allocated to the Armed Forces as a whole.

Военно-воздушные cилы России Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii Russian Air Force
Country	Russian Federation (previously the Soviet Union and Russian Empire)
Role	Defeating enemy units, reconnaissance, defence of major military units and facilities
Size	210,000 personnel 2,749 aircraft
Anniversaries	August 12
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel General Alexander Zelin
Insignia
Roundel
Former Roundel (still in widespread use)